Afghanistan’s Vice President Fahim dies

Afghanistan’s powerful vice president, MarshalMohammad Qasim Fahim, died of natural causes on Sunday, only weeks before the country is due to elect a new leader. He was 57. Once one of Afghanistan’s most feared warlords, Fahim had been a...

"It is with deep sadness that we learn of the passing away of Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, the first vice-president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. May his soul rest in peace,"

New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari will represent India at the funeral of Afghanistan's first vice president Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim in Kabul Tuesday, official sources said. They said Ansari will take part in the prayer...

KABUL, Afghanistan – Thousands of Afghans waving flags and chanting crowded into a cemetery in Kabul on Tuesday after President Hamid Karzai presided over a funeral service for the country's powerful vice president. Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who died on Sunday at 57, was an ethnic Tajik and a leading commander in the Northern Alliance, which battled the Taliban for...

Afghanistan’s First Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a controversial leader, died of an undisclosed illness on Sunday. He was 57, according to the Associated Press. Fahim, who served for decades in various military and political positions during the war against the ex-Soviet occupiers, the civil conflict and later in the fight against the Taliban, suffered for years from...

(CNN) -- Afghanistan will begin three days of mourning starting Monday for the death of Mohammad Qasim Fahim, an important figure in the country and most recently its first vice president. President Hamid Karzai's office announced Fahim's death in a statement Sunday on its website. The statement did not say where or exactly when he died. "May his soul rest in peace," the office...

Afghan vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim dies"

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Afghan vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim dies"

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The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority and a former warlord.
He was part of the alliance that ousted the Taliban in 2001 and served first as defence minister, before becoming vice-president in 2009.
President Hamid Karzai\'s office told the Associated Press news agency that Marshal Fahim died from an illness....

Afghan vice-president Mohammad Qasim Fahim dies"

published:09 Mar 2014

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The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority and a former warlord.
He was part of the alliance that ousted the Taliban in 2001 and served first as defence minister, before becoming vice-president in 2009.
President Hamid Karzai\'s office told the Associated Press news agency that Marshal Fahim died from an illness....

Afghanistan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim Dies Terrorism 2014

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Afghanistan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim Dies Terrorism 2014

Afghanistan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim Dies Terrorism 2014

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One of Afghanistan\'s two vice-presidents, Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, has died of natural causes aged 57, a government spokesman has said.
The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority and a former warlord.
He was part of the alliance that ousted the Taliban in 2001 and served first as defence minister, before becoming vice-president in 2009.
President Hamid Karzai\'s office told the Associated Press news agency that Marshal Fahim died from an illness.
Assassination attempt
The president called Marshal Fahim a true patriot and said his death was \"a huge loss for Afghanistan\".
He was an ally of leading anti-Taliban fighter Ahmed Shah Masood, who was killed two days before the 9/11 attacks by two Tunisian Islamist militants posing as journalists.
After Mr Masood\'s death, Marshal Fahim headed the Northern Alliance and analysts say he commanded great loyalty from former fighters.
Before the 2009 presidential election, Marshal Fahim survived an assassination attempt when the convoy he was travelling in was fired at with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. The Taliban said it carried out the attack.
His death comes ahead of presidential elections on 5 April to replace Mr Karzai, who cannot run for a third term in office.
Marshal Fahim\'s loyalties had swung between different candidates, Davood Moradian, the head of the Kabul-based Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, told Reuters.
Presidential candidate Hedayat Amin Arsala told AP Marshal Fah...

Afghanistan Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim Dies Terrorism 2014

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One of Afghanistan\'s two vice-presidents, Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, has died of natural causes aged 57, a government spokesman has said.
The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority and a former warlord.
He was part of the alliance that ousted the Taliban in 2001 and served first as defence minister, before becoming vice-president in 2009.
President Hamid Karzai\'s office told the Associated Press news agency that Marshal Fahim died from an illness.
Assassination attempt
The president called Marshal Fahim a true patriot and said his death was \"a huge loss for Afghanistan\".
He was an ally of leading anti-Taliban fighter Ahmed Shah Masood, who was killed two days before the 9/11 attacks by two Tunisian Islamist militants posing as journalists.
After Mr Masood\'s death, Marshal Fahim headed the Northern Alliance and analysts say he commanded great loyalty from former fighters.
Before the 2009 presidential election, Marshal Fahim survived an assassination attempt when the convoy he was travelling in was fired at with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. The Taliban said it carried out the attack.
His death comes ahead of presidential elections on 5 April to replace Mr Karzai, who cannot run for a third term in office.
Marshal Fahim\'s loyalties had swung between different candidates, Davood Moradian, the head of the Kabul-based Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies, told Reuters.
Presidential candidate Hedayat Amin Arsala told AP Marshal Fah...

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The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic minority and a former warlord.
He was part of the alliance that ousted the Taliban in 2001 and served first as defence minister, before becomin

One of Afghanistan\'s two vice-presidents, Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, has died of natural causes aged 57, a government spokesman has said.
The Afghan government has called for three days of mourning, during which flags will be flown at half-mast.
Marshal Fahim was a leader of the Tajik ethnic mi

Fahim was born in Omarz, Panjshir the son of Abdul Matin from the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan. He is reported to have finished his studies in Islamic Sharia at an Arabic institute in Kabul in 1977. Some sources have allegedly claimed that Fahim served as a member of the KHAD during the 1980s, although the most reports indicate that he has been fighting the communist rulers since the late 70s. When the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul collapesed in 1992, Fahim was appointed head of the KHAD, under interim president Sibghatullah Mojaddedi. He continued to serve as the countries head of intelligence under president Burhanuddin Rabbani. (Bhatia, 2007; Brown & Oliver, 2001)